WILD RIDE (Rafe Cameron x OC) *COMPLETE*

Chatper Seventy-One (Alana)

CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE

Alana

Two Days Later

The silence in the cave is eerie. Dad sent John B and Sarah into the water to find the gold by themselves while he and I keep watch in case Singh shows up. Or should I say for when Singh shows up.

It's dark as fuck in here and we decided to avoid flashlights or any sort of flares so we don't bring attention for when Singh comes in here.

I pull the gun from my bag for the first time. Making sure it's loaded and ready to go. Dad looks at me and raises a brow.

"Where'd you get that?"

"Stole it from Rafe." I confess softly. "I'm sure he'll give me a stern talking to when I get home about it. He's not happy I came."

"Rightfully so." Dad mutters. "You shouldn't have come... What the fuck were you thinking?"

"I was thinking that I want to save my father. I was thinking that I want to get my hands on the guy who took me as a captive. The guy who threatened me and my husband and baby... The guy who almost killed my brother and my friends... I want this all to be over. I want to go to sleep at night and not wake up in a hot sweat that Carlos Singh is going to find me and kill me."

"You shouldn't have come." He says plainly. "It ain't safe out here, Flower. I should have left you down at the docks.. I don't even know how Bird let you onto that plane."

"Because no one owns me and no one controls me."

"I understand that Flower... But you've got bigger things to worry about. I mean I don't like it one bit but you should be home and resting and getting ready to have that little girl. Find her a good name and one that you like. Don't just settle like I did."

"What do you mean?"

"Julia was mad that I named your brother so when you came out as a girl she named you. Course, you came out quicker than a fart after Taco Bell. Didn't even know you were ready to come out til I heard your Mom screaming from the bathroom and John B was crying cause he finally used the toilet."

"You didn't have a say in my name?"

Dad shakes his head. "No, why do you think I always called you Flower? Because I didn't get the name I picked."

"What was my name supposed to be?"

"Leah." He tells me. "After my mother. But you know, Julia she just... She wanted her way. Then she didn't get her way and stormed off. I'll never forget her leaving when you kids were asleep."

That's wrong... That's not how I remembered it. When my life had flashed before my eyes when that asshole was choking me in the back of the truck before Rafe killed him I saw my earliest memory that I had buried down so far deep I didn't know it was there.

I was two and standing by the door. John B on the side of me and Julia... Julia was standing in the door way with her bags. I remember that it was her because of her voice. I heard it once on an old tape in Dad's office. I know it was her. I wasn't asleep.

"I'll come back for you. I promise." The words suddenly ring in my head. She was going to come back for us. She never did... She stayed in Charleston but never came back for me or John B. Not even when Dad was presumed dead? When there was a nationwide search for him. When all of North Carolina was searching... Why didn't she check on us? Why didn't she come back?